Youth Programs

At Coldharbour, it is part of our mission to educate on all things sustainability and regeneration; and that begins with our youth. Our various programming works to engage our youngest citizens with their environment, in problem solving, collaboration, and all things sustainability. Check out our various programs below!

Coldharbour Fridays, June 15, 22, 29, July 12, 20, 27Join us each Friday as we explore our sense of place and what makes the Gunnison Valley so special. Registration will open May 6th.

Lens on Climate Change, July 16-21 2018, Gunnison Middle School and Coldharbour RanchCome learn about filmmaking while investigating how climate change is changing your community. The Lens on Climate Change program is a chance for you to work with scientists and film makers to produce your own film. Get experience acting, directing and editing a film that will impact your community’s resilience. This course will be offered in partnership with Summer Experiences and CIRES (a partnership of NOAA and UC Boulder) and some activities will take place at the Coldharbour Ranch property. This project is part of an NSF-funded research program that aims to study how filmmaking increases student learning and engagement with science and technology.

Sustainability Summer Camp, August 2018, Dates TBDThe Sustainability Camp exposes kids to climate challenges and sustainability solutions throughout the Valley and beyond. Through this program, kids will engage in sustainable agriculture, green building, alternative energy, and wildland management. They learn collaboration and leadership skills, through hands-on projects with successful local professionals.

Headwaters Kids!, October 2018Held in conjunction with the Annual Headwaters Conference, Coldharbour offers a day long experience around the same themes as the adults. The place-based experience is a blast! For more information on the Headwaters Conference, click here.

World Peace Games, Dates TBD. Open to 4th-8th gradeThe World Peace Game is a geo-political science simulation. The object of the game is to achieve world peace by challenging students with over thirty interlocking crises. The game basically pits four or five countries against each other in every way: politically, socially, militarily, environmentally, and economically. Participants must use their imagination and critical-thinking skills to strategize their way out of world crises.